Location

The European Metropolitan Region of Munich is home to the most important biotechnology location in Germany.

• Some 350 life science companies, including 118 small and medium-sized enterprises
• 2 elite universities: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität and Technische Universität München
• Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center for Environmental Health
• Hochschule Weihenstephan-Triesdorf
• 3 medicinical-biological Max Planck Institutes: Biochemistry, Neurobiology and Psychiatry
• 2 university clinics and 60 other hospitals
• 2 incubators (innovation and start-up centers) specialising in biotechnology

The location benefits in particular from close interaction between academic research and the biotech industry. The region is characterised by a strong focus on “red biotechnology” – i.e. human or veterinary medicine. Munich’s profile was further sharpened by the cutting-edge cluster programme “m⁴- Personalised Medicine and Targeted Therapies”.

A comparative analysis of biotechnology clusters comes to the conclusion that the Metropolitan Region of Munich is the only place in Germany with the potential to play a significant role in global competition.
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